Pathum Nissanka

Delhi Capitals · right-hand bat · Batter

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10
Matches
278
Runs
158.9
Strike Rate
27.8
Average
12
Sixes
2
Fifties
62
HS

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

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Powerplay (1–6)
171.5
SR · 137 balls · 235 R
235 runs30 4s11 6s
Middle (7–15)
119.4
SR · 36 balls · 43 R
43 runs3 4s1 6s
Death (16–20)sub-floor
SR · 0 balls · 0 R
0 runs0 4s0 6s

Pathum Nissanka's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 209 (+37 vs venue par) when he made 41 vs GT on 2026-04-08.

Per Himanish Ganjoo's Impact framing: team-total minus venue's 1st-innings par across ≥3 captured fixtures. Attribution rule: a batter is credited for an innings only when they scored ≥30 runs. Methodology: /methodology/player-event-claims#impact.

MetricIPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Value+37 vs par
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

4 claims
Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
IPL 2026 best opponent (batting)
Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026
171.5n=137 PP balls faced · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

4 claims
Delhi Capitals appearance rank, IPL 2026
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
158.9n=175 balls faced · IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
278n=10 innings · IPL 2026
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
12n=10 innings · IPL 2026

P2Moments

3 claims
IPL 2026 best 1st-wicket partnership
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
2n=10 innings · IPL 2026

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 2026101027827.8160.70262*
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:33:25 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-08DC vs KKR5029172.453caughtL
2026-05-05DC vs CSK1915126.731caughtL
2026-05-01RR vs DC6233187.963lbwW
2026-04-25DC vs PBKS117157.120caughtL
2026-04-21SRH vs DC86133.301caughtL
2026-04-18RCB vs DC1250.000lbwW
2026-04-11CSK vs DC4124170.852caughtL
2026-04-08DC vs GT4124170.861caughtL

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs RR · Sawai Mansingh Stadium6233187.92026-05-01
vs KKR · Arun Jaitley Stadium5029172.42026-05-08
vs MI · Arun Jaitley Stadium4430146.72026-04-04
vs CSK · MA Chidambaram Stadium4124170.82026-04-11
vs GT · Arun Jaitley Stadium4124170.82026-04-08
vs CSK · Arun Jaitley Stadium1915126.72026-05-05

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#1 opener612178155.120.17
#2 opener415797161.939.25

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3
8
80%
Caught
2
20%
LBW

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
RR16233187.962.06362
CSK26039153.830.08341
KKR15029172.450.05350
MI14430146.744.06144
GT14124170.841.06141
PBKS1117157.111.02011
SRH186133.38.0018
RCB11250.01.0001
LSG11520.01.0001

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
Arun Jaitley Stadium5165105157.133.022650
Sawai Mansingh Stadium16233187.962.06362
MA Chidambaram Stadium14124170.841.05241
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium186133.38.0018
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium11250.01.0001
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium11520.01.0001

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
Akeal Hosein1414100.0300
Khaleel Ahmed1024240.0310
Jofra Archer919211.1310
Mitchell Santner811137.5200
Mukesh Choudhary810125.0110
Anukul Roy816200.0210
Jasprit Bumrah78114.3100
Ravindra Jadeja710142.9100
Deepak Chahar66100.0100
Rashid Khan6583.3000

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
178.9
SR of 178.9 vs pace bowling — 114 balls faced
114 balls·11 6s
vs Spin
125.4
SR of 125.4 vs spin bowling — 59 balls faced
59 balls·1 6s

Full breakdown at /players/pathum-nissanka/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Pathum

IPL 2026
Highest powerplay strike rates — IPL 2026

Pathum ranks #15 with 171.5 (137 balls faced in powerplay (overs 1–6)).

2026-07-25
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Delhi Capitals
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Akeal Hosein · 28 ballsKhaleel Ahmed · 20 ballsJofra Archer · 18 ballsMukesh Choudhary · 16 ballsMitchell Santner · 16 ballsRavindra Jadeja · 14 ballsJasprit Bumrah · 14 ballsVaibhav Arora · 12 balls
Venues played at
Arun Jaitley Stadium · 5 matchesBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium · 1 matchMA Chidambaram Stadium · 1 matchM.Chinnaswamy Stadium · 1 matchRajiv Gandhi International Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Pathum Nissanka is an Indian cricketer playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026 as a batter, right-handed batter born in Galle.
Pathum Nissanka plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026.
Pathum Nissanka appeared in 12 IPL 2026 matches (12-fixture sample) for Delhi Capitals, most recently on 2026-05-17.
Pathum Nissanka's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 209 (+37 vs venue par) when he made 41 vs GT on 2026-04-08.
Pathum Nissanka's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: CSK — 60 runs in 2 innings (avg 30.0).
Pathum Nissanka scores at 171.5 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (137-ball sample, #15 of 45 qualifying batters).
Pathum Nissanka's best IPL 2026 opening partnership: 109 with Lokesh Rahul in 57 balls vs RR on 2026-05-01.
Pathum Nissanka ranks #8 of 23 CricketStudio-tracked Delhi Capitals squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (12 matches).
Pathum Nissanka is Indian, born in Galle.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Pathum Nissanka are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/pathum-nissanka — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Pathum Nissanka was born on 18 May 1998.
Pathum Nissanka bats right-handed.

Identity & cross-references